Hi James, I have forwarded all mails Re: [DC] Cheap and Fast PCBs (Wham Bam!) to the boards shop down the road to get there response. If you include tooling and origination in the $50.00 you have a good price. If not then my Guys will be close for boards that are not cheap and nasty. http://www.trax.co.za Regards, Dave Sharples +27 (0) 72 379 5824 +27 (0) 21 851 8350 www.pcbdesign.co.za ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Jackson" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 5:02 PM Subject: Re: [DC] Cheap and Fast PCBs (Wham Bam!) I've used Advance Circuits (the popcorn guys) before, but I am not so interested in getting 10 to 20 prototypes as I am in getting 1 to 5 prototypes. AdVanced Circuits seems to have a $400 price tag on any prototypes - in small quantities (with silkscreen & soldermask). This is pricey for me, when I am interested in getting 1 board to proof the circuit (beyond my hacked- prototype, that is). So, I found a company called... PCBFabExpress (www.pcbfabexpress.com) that offers 5 boards for $50.00. (plus shipping & handling) I opted for the 10 day turn... as I am more interested in low cost than I am in quick-turn. The jury is still out on their quality - I haven't gotten the boards yet. Regards, James Jackson Oztronics Quoting Jack Olson <[log in to unmask]>: > I know there have been a few discussions lately > about ExpressPCb and other freeware, but this > question is a little different.... > > I am being told that PCBExpress can do 1-day > turns for around $100. None of my current vendors > are like that, they charge more like $1000 locally. > > Now I am being asked to take a little test board > that I ALREADY HAVE GERBER DATA for, and > recreate it in PCBExpress just to get it for $100 > by the weekend. > > Does anyone have vendors that take gerbers who > are competitive with this? > > wham bam, > Jack > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- > DesignerCouncil Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV > 1.8d > To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in > the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF DesignerCouncil. > To temporarily stop/(restart) delivery of DesignerCouncil send: SET > DesignerCouncil NOMAIL/(MAIL) > Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > > E-mail Archives > Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 > for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or > 847-615-7100 ext.2815 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DesignerCouncil Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF DesignerCouncil. To temporarily stop/(restart) delivery of DesignerCouncil send: SET DesignerCouncil NOMAIL/(MAIL) Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DesignerCouncil Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF DesignerCouncil. To temporarily stop/(restart) delivery of DesignerCouncil send: SET DesignerCouncil NOMAIL/(MAIL) Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------